Foreseen Activities

In addition to
meetings, the foreseen
activities of the TG are (in a non-exclusive way):
• Dissemination of the research results
produced by the TG members among them, as well as among the
engineering community at large (a key point in this respect
would be the launching of a web site with ability to upload and
download material from it).
• Organization (every 2-3 years) of a
workshop bearing essentially the same title as the
TG, with oral presentations, round table discussions and other
similar activities; CD ROM proceedings of the workshops will be
available at their beginning
• Compilation of state of the art
reports on topics falling within the scope of the TG,
preferably in the form of special issues of the Bulletin of
Earthquake Engineering (the official EAEE journal). Production
of design-oriented documents (such as comparison of bridges
designed to different code procedures) is also envisaged.
• Promotion of closer relationships and
strong international outreach to US programmes on
bridges such as that at the PEER Centre and the emerging
US-Japan programme on bridge research.